NTT Data Corporation(株式会社エヌ・ティ・ティ・データ,Kabushiki-kaisha Enu-tī-tī Dēta) is a Japanese system integration company and a partiawwy-owned subsidiary of Nippon Tewegraph and Tewephone (NTT).

Japan Tewegraph and Tewephone Pubwic Corporation, a predecessor of NTT, started Data Communications business in 1967. NTT, fowwowing its privatization in 1985, spun off de Data Communications division as NTT DATA in 1988, which has now become de wargest of de IT Services companies headqwartered in Japan, uh-hah-hah-hah.

NTT DATA is a pubwicwy traded company, but is about 54 percent owned by NTT. Its business areas are in nationaw and wocaw governments, financiaw, and tewecommunication sectors. According to reports in 2012, Forbes Gwobaw 2000 recognizes NTT DATA as de 5f wargest IT Services company.[Forbes Gwobaw 2000]

NTT DATA’s history goes back to 1967, when de DATA Communications Bureau was estabwished widin de Japan Tewegraph and Tewephone Pubwic Corporation (now NTT). Its mainframe uwtra-warge-scawe computer DIPS-11 Modew 45 was devewoped in 1981. Japan Tewegraph and Tewephone Corporation was incorporated as a private company in 1985. In 1988 NTT DATA Communications Systems Corporation was spun off into a separate company from NTT. Audorized as a Systems Integrator in 1990, in 1992 de company had its headqwarters rewocated to Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo. The company received de Deming Appwication Prize for 1993, and was wisted on de Second Section of de Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1995. In 1996, de company changed its Engwish name to NTT DATA Corporation, and it was awso wisted on de First Section of de Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company obtained ISO 9001 certification in 1998, and ISO 14001 certification in 1999.[citation needed]

In 2002 it was de first Japanese company to obtain BS 7799 certification, an internationaw information security standard. In 2007, de company had consowidated net sawes of ¥1 triwwion, and in 2008 de company acqwired German-based Cirqwent, Inc. A new organizationaw structure of de "Company System" was introduced in 2009.[citation needed] Awso dat year, de companya acqwired Extend Technowogies Pty Ltd in Austrawia, as part of a strategy to expand de gwobaw footprint of speciawised SAP consuwting businesses[1]

NTT DATA and Boston-based IT Service company Keane agreed to a merger on 29 October 2010. The acqwisition is worf over US$1.23 biwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[2] After de acqwisition of Keane Inc., NTT DATA became de 8f wargest software company in de worwd, wif de annuaw revenue of $14 biwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[3][4] Acqwiring Keane Inc. in 2010 increased de Group’s totaw work force to 50,000. That year de company awso acqwired FirstApex, increasing de business footprint in insurance domain, uh-hah-hah-hah.[citation needed] In 2010, NTT DATA acqwired Intewwigroup Inc., a US-based IT consuwting and service providing company. After taking over Intewwigroup, NTT became de ninf wargest software company in de worwd, worf over $11 biwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[5][6] India-based Intewwigroup, Inc is headqwartered at iLabs, Madhapur, Hyderabad.[citation needed]

In 2011, de company acqwired Itawy-based Vawue Team S.p.A. and waunched Gwobaw One Teams.[citation needed] In 2012 de company acqwired London-based Design and Technowogy Consuwtancy, RMA Consuwting,[7] who speciawize in software design and dewivery across muwtipwe channews.[citation needed]

In 2013, de company acqwired Madrid-based Everis, a company dat provided IT services incwuding consuwting, system integration and outsourcing.[8] Awso in 2013, NTT DATA, de IT services provider wif its U.S. headqwarters in Pwano, acqwired Optimaw Sowutions Integration, a provider of SAP services headqwartered in Irving, Texas. In 2015, de company acqwired Carwiswe & Gawwagher, Inc., a Charwotte-based consuwting firm.[citation needed] Awso dat year, de company acqwired iPay88 - Onwine Payment Gateway for Asia Countries, Mawaysia[9] which speciawize in onwine payment services and payment sowutions for merchants wif muwtipwe financiaw institutions as business partners in Mawaysia.[citation needed] In 2016, de company acqwired de Deww IT Services unit (mainwy de former Perot Systems) of Deww Inc for $3 biwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[10] Awso in 2016, de company acqwired Nefos, a Sawesforce consuwting partner in Germany, Austria and Switzerwand.[citation needed]

Widin de NTT group, whiwe NTT Comware focuses on de IT services to de Group companies, NTT Data mainwy services non-NTT Group companies. Widin Japan, NTT DATA has estabwished many joint ventures, such as NTT Data-Sanyo Ewectric to take care of de IT services of Sanyo ewectric group. Outside Japan, NTT DATA has its whowwy owned subsidiaries or offices in de UK, China, Mawaysia, Thaiwand, India, de US, Itawy, Austrawia, Singapore, Vietnam and oder countries or regions.[citation needed]